Primary Identifier | MGI:1916556 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 69306 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables calcium ion binding activity and calcium ion sensor activity. Involved in flagellated sperm motility and sperm capacitation. Located in cytoplasm and sperm principal piece. Part of CatSper complex. Orthologous to human EFCAB9 (EF-hand calcium binding domain 9). PHENOTYPE: Mice for a null allele exhibit male subfertility, impaired sperm motility and sperm flagellum abnormalities. [provided by MGI curators] |